n.[ OE. vlindre moth (cf. D. vlinder butterfly) + E. mouse. Cf. Flittermouse, Flinders. ] (Zool.) A bat; a flittermouse. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ Scot. flenders, flendris; perh. akin to E. flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces. ] Small pieces or splinters; fragments. [ 1913 Webster ]
The tough ash spear, so stout and true,
Into a thousand flinders flew. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A small genus of Australian timber trees.